Towards Net-Zero Dairy Supply Chains
Key details
About this course- On-site (Wageningen Campus & Leeuwarden Dairy Campus)
- Start date to be announced
- 5 days
- € 3,680.00
- A reduced fee of € 795.00 applies for PhD candidates and students
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For who is this course fitting?
Open to professionals working in the Dairy supply chain with some theoretical knowledge about sustainability challenges, who would like to learn more of NetZero carbon innovations in practice - including:
- Sustainability officers in processing companies and retailers.
- Dairy farmers wanting to adopt more sustainable practices
- Advisors in cooperatives or Feed companies.
- Implementing-level policy makers (provinces, water boards and municipalities).
- Sustainability managers and CSR advisors from, trade associations and industry organisations.
Consultants and other advisors in this sector are also welcome, as well as financial officers and others working in close relation with companies in the dairy sector.
Learning outcomes
- Describe how and where CO2 (and other Greenhouse Gases) emissions occur in the Dairy chain.
- Analyse how to reduce emissions hotspots.
- Explore the practical implications of innovations that contribute towards NetZero, inspired by real cases.
- Engage with different stakeholder perspectives on this issue.
- Apply the obtained insights to identify opportunities and collaborate on how to reduce carbon emissions in own work practice (in the dairy chain).
Programme details
This course consists of several days of lectures and field visits (farms/processing plants). Throughout this course, there will be group work and an individual assignment to help you develop a course of action for your own organisation. There will be contributions from several hosts and speakers from the agro industry. The main topics that will be covered are 'Dairy Processing and emission reduction', 'Farm & Feed Management' and 'Animal & Manure Management'.
Certification
Based on your attendance, you will receive a certificate after the programme is finished.
Interfood
This programme is developed in cooperation with Interfood.
- Family-owned global dairy solutions provider with a 50-year legacy.
- Committed to a sustainable food future, working 'Together for better’.
- Distributing over 1.1 million MT of products annually
- 14 global offices
- Comprehensive services including dairy risk management, supply chain solutions, and sustainability initiatives.
- Serving over 3,000 partners across 100+ countries
Coordinated by
“As a purchaser of dairy products, it is nice to have knowledge on the sustainability of the dairy business and also to go more into in-depth discussions with my suppliers.”
- Laurence De Potter
- Byer Raw Materials, Vandemoortele (participant 2024 edition)
“I have enhanced my learning into how we get to net zero dairy farming and products, and I connected with other people trying to do the same.”
- Diogo Bona Periera
- Dairy Procurement Sustainability Manager, Nestlé (participant 2024 edition)
“One of my take-aways of this course is to look at animal welfare differently, in the context of sustainability, from how you feed all the way to holistic management.”
- Josh Luth
- Director of sustainability – Americas, Schreiber Foods (participant 2024 edition)
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Fri 6 June 2025